RAWWG News and Events, Past, Present and Future

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Charles would've loved access to these resources

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 NEW RESOURCES!
All-Age Services
Advent
Crèche Service: I wonder who is in God's Family.
Using the image of the crèche, this service wonders who is in God's Great Family. For details on the liturgy, including presentation, handouts and music, please contact David Taylor 

Good Friday
I wonder what the Cross Looks Like.
Using the shape of the cross we are able to wonder how God is with us and how we are very close to God. For details on the liturgy, including presentation, handouts and music, please contact David Taylor 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
RAWWG Members: Richard Leggett, Michael Murray, Carla McGhie and Brigid Coult
 
 
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What's in a Name?












Why call this group RAWWG – Renewing Anglican Worship Working Group?

The group called together in March 2009 was initially called the Bishop’s Liturgical Commission.
This group requested that it be re-named as Renewing Anglican Worship Working Group: RAWWG.

· This name reflects the diocesan strategic priority, Renewing Anglican Worship.

· The words Working Group suggest that renewing Anglican worship is a work-in-progress, open to testing and trial rather than a finished, perfected work of art.

· The words Working Group emphasize the active and collaborative role this group wishes to maintain in helping congregations and regions achieve the strategic goal.

Interesting Stuff!

John Wesley’s Rules for Singing (1761)
1.Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let
not a slight degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you,
take it up and you will find a blessing.
 
2. Sing lustily, and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half
dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of
your voice now, nor more ashamed of it being heard, then when you sing the
songs of Satan.
 
3. Sing modestly. Do not bawl, as to be heard above, or distinct from, the rest of
the congregation, that you may not destroy the harmony; but strive to unite your
voices together, so as to make one clear melodious sound.
 
4. Sing in time. Whatever time is sung, be sure to keep with it. Do not run before,
not stay behind it; but attend closely to the leading voices, and move therewith
as exactly as you can. And take care you sing not too slow. This drawling way
naturally steals on all who are lazy; and it is high time to drive it out from among
us, and sing all our tunes just as quick as we did at first.
 
5. Above all, sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at
pleasing Him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this,
attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried
away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be
such as the Lord will approve of here, and reward when he cometh in the clouds
of heaven.